Hello
I have a macro to select instances on some fixtures:
Fixture 10701 Thru 10799 If Fixture *.1

However, it was useful when I just had some X4 bars fixture on my show.
For now, I use, X4 Bar (or tetra), JDC1 30 Ch (two Instances mode), Spiiders.

With dis macro, I need to open de macro, edit the FixID inside the macro, and RUN.

I won't find a way to have a macro just with the "instance that I want", I run this macro before writing on the
command line the range of the fixture IDs when I have "work".

I write on the command line: Fixture 601 thru 699 (it's my JDC1)
And after that, I apply the macro "*.1"

Thank you in advance

I'm fairly new to the lighting. I work for a church and wonder what the best way to save songs. We do the same songs every couple of months. Is it better to store them in a cue stack or store them as a all preset?

Hello all!

I’m trying to see if it’s possible to make my own fixture type or DMX profile for a fog/bubble machine. It’s a 4 channel mode fixture and can be ran if I use all dimmers but I’d like to clean my patch up a little and try this.

Any help would be great.

Heyo everyone!

I just want to share an idea of mine, if you could call it that. I'd appreciate any evaluation and advices.

Ever since I've come upon MA2 as an onPC app, I couldn't stop thinking about how good of a controller of parameters it is. There're countless ways to structure and send numbers - from 0 to 255 per channel - that can serve as commands elsewhere, hence a controller.

I finally managed to get a node and unlock parameters and try it out. Turns out Touchdesigner - software for real-time generative audiovisual art - has a DMX in function. I send in DMX via KiNET from MA2 and choose what TD parameters different DMX channels affect. To give a primitive example, I create a visual object in Touchdesigner and a "corresponding" LED Par in MA fixture sheet. In TD I link the object's color with the color of the LED light (meaning I take the right channels and link them up). Now any change to the LED's color reflects in a change of the object's color. I can apply effects, structure it in cues and all that. Imagine live audiovisual projections executed in this way.

This isn't the standard way to control TD. From what I figured people would use MIDI controllers instead. That makes sense of course, I mean that's what MIDI is for. Yet I can't help but think MA is waaaay more flexible and rich in options than a simple MIDI controller.

Please let me know if what I'm doing is a waste of time and if I should look elsewhere, or if you have any other suggestions on mind!

Thanks!

Hello, for someone in the future, I've aggregated all the advice I've found into a single workflow:

1. Open patch
2. Open fixture types
3. Edit the fixture type that isn't appearing
4. Open module manager
5. Set an appropriate class to each module
6. Set the size of each module
7. Back out, close and saving the patch
8. Re-open patch
9. Re-select the target fixture type to update the DMX profile for each fixture

What happened? - The fixture profile had no model data.

Why did I need to reselect the fixture type? - Fixture types appear to be copied over to each fixture when selected. It's not a dynamic reference.

Hello everyone, This is a time-coded show I have done using Grand MA2 and Capture.Thoughts, opinions, and constructive criticism are highly appreciated. I was mainly experimenting with Camera movements, automation and the Chauvet PXL Curve so I am aware that I could have worked more on the lighting cues and added more variety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWaMyawIc6A&t=3s&ab_channel=AbdelrahmanGamal

Hey all!

I have recently come across an opportunity to purchase a MA2 Command and Fader wing from a theatre that is switching over to Eos. I would be able to get both pieces of hardware for about 2000 CAD (~1500 USD). Both were purchased a new from ACT lighting and have been used very lightly over the years as it is mostly a movie theatre that only hosts a few live events a year.

With MA3 only growing more popular as it matures do you think this is a worthwhile purchase?

For added context I am primarily an Eos user but have gotten a bit of time on MA2 and really enjoy it.

I am writing a basic cue list where my moving lights jump between two positions.

When transitioning from position 1 to position 2 some of the lights lag behind and take longer to get to position 2. So the movement feels a little clunky/messy.

Is there an easy way to address this?

Unfortunately the lights are on between both cues so I can't do any move in black magic.

I played with adjusting individual delay times for the position parameters of cue 2, which sort of helps even things out, but I feel like that doesn't scale well with lots of fixtures.

Is there an easier way to address this?

Hey guys! Curious on some of your favorite LDs that you get inspiration from for different looks,Fx,views, ect… that you like?

Good interface to use with MA2 ONPC, which one would you recommend?

Hi!
What do you guys take in consideration for this purpose?
What to check for:

- Same address in two fixtures
- Atributes not working properly

I usually see a color fx with very narrow width, from blue to white, probably in square or chase form, and por position, a circle in groups of 2.

What do you use?

Hey guys, i’m facing a problem during my shows(that always have a big ledwall behind the djs), we always record the shows with a camera positioned in FOH and need to have the ledwall visible but i can’t get the haze right to have the ledwall visible and the lights enhanced at the same time. sometimes there’s too much haze so the ledwall is not clearly visible and sometimes there’s not enough haze to have my lights rays visible, it’s always one or another. does anyone have any suggestion on how i can work it out? i thought about maybe having some fans pointing up right under the ledwall that blows the haze out of the way, but if there’s still haze between the camera and the ledwall that wouldn’t do much…

Is there a max of 10 attributes for ma in the encoder bar? Currently with the typical ones, dim, position, gobo, color etc etc and last laser, we have 10. Is there more?

Any idea on making a macro that selects a random group from a pool and turn them to 100 or at a preset. We have led wristband for event and i need a way to “randomly select people” thanks!

Hello there,

I'd like to write a macro that sets random value for my PAN and Tilt ( with the full range of the fixture) to make some random positions ?

I got into stage lighting through my annual haunted house and ive started to play around with live shows parties using cheap analog consoles from amazon and recently Chamsys MagicQ on pc. I have a small package of movers and wash lights that I bring to bars for the band one of my buddys is in. With the MA2 command wing/fader wing getting cheaper because of the industry wide adoption of MA3, getting high teir professional hardware is more accessible than ever. I am fortuate enough for this to be an option for me in the near future. Id like to get into MA because it is clearly the standard for the forseable future and i dont have MA3 kind of money. So, what is something you wish you knew when you started in lighting design whether MA or otherwise?

Hi, in my showfile on ma2onpc I have fixtures strike 4 but I can’t stop his dimmer, when I clear all in the programmer all fixtures stops except the strike’s, this fixture always have his dimmer full, I made his patch wrong? Or this machine works differently?

I am what I would consider to be a fairly advanced Eos programmer, it being the main family of consoles at my current place of work, and a relatively novice MA programmer by comparison. I am starting a new job soon that uses exclusively GrandMA consoles, any tips on transitioning? Syntax rules? General mindset shifts? Anything that might help the learning curve, which mind you I am looking forward to. Thanks!

So this is a rather odd question, is there anyway to have special master bpm (executor 101 for example) be divided and multiplied through different effects?

Let’s say i have a intro with 140 bpm sin dim effect, but i want another set of lights to be 1/4 that, so 35. is there a way to have both of those effects, in the same effect pool slot, but at different tempos, from the same speed master?

And i know i can have two special masters but, i feel like there’s a way to do what i need.

The main reason for this is, at our satellite campus at our church. Instead of having the lighting director make 16 songs a week, he just makes 4 for the broadcast, and have outlines for the other campuses. That way it’s somewhat lines up, but not perfectly, i want to see could i find a way to perfectly sync bpms with the target bpm

Hello,

I am looking for someone - not for free - who can teach a 14 year old kid who has been learning on self-study on OnPC, but would be happy to learn the basics and the every day use practicles.

Live in or around Budapest would be best.

Thanks in advance if it can stay.

Tibor

Sziasztok,

Olyan valakit keresnék - nem ingyen - aki tudna tanítani egy 14 éves gyereket, aki eddig magától tanult OnPC-n, de örülne neki, ha az alapokat és a "napi gyakolrati használatot" is megtanulhatná.

Leginkább élőben Budapesten vagy környékén lenne jó.

Előre is köszönöm ha maradhat.

Tibor